Pietermaritzburg - After losing the toss and being asked to bowl first,
the Hollywoodbets Dolphins toiled hard in the field as the Multiply
Titans amassed 205/2 on day one of their Sunfoil Series clash at the
Oval in Pietermaritzburg on Monday.

The home side handed a debut cap to young seamer Kerwin Mungroo who had
the difficult task of opening the bowling against the current Proteas
opening duo of Aiden Markram and Dean Elgar.

It was a tough opening period for the Dolphins who were put under
pressure by the in-form openers and the pair took advantage of some in
between bowling from the Dolphins attack early in the day.

The run-rate never got too out of hand for the Dolphins but the Titans
continued to tick along at a healthy pace for the majority of the first
session.

When the spin of Prenelan Subrayen and Senuran Muthusamy was introduced
the Titans batsmen were roped in and the rate dropped to just below
three runs to the over.

The lunch break proved to be the undoing of the Titans captain Markram
when he was neatly caught down the leg-side by Morné van Wyk for a
fluent 67 off the bowling of Muthusamy just three overs after the
interval.

Titans debutant Bafana Mahlangu joined Elgar at the middle and the pair
continued to slowly build on their strong start, however some good,
tight bowling from the Dolphins chargers forced the pair to grind out
just over 60 runs in the second session.

Mahlangu became Muthusamy's second victim when he lost his wicket after
being caught and bowled by the left-arm spinner for 41.

Titans wicket keeper Heinrich
Klaasen joined Elgar at the crease and the two added 13 for the third
wicket until the umpires called the players from the field for bad light
with 73 overs bowled.

Elgar was unbeaten on 88 while Muthusamy was the pick of the Dolphins
bowlers with 2/31 in 19 accurate overs.

Hollywoodbets Dolphins all
rounder Senuran Muthusamy was the stand out bowler for the Dolphins on
the opening day of their Sunfoil Series clash with the Multiply Titans
at the Pietermaritzburg Oval on Monday.

Anesh Debiky/
Hollywoodbets Dolphins

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